If you or a person you know is suffering with the low back dis-ease "sciatica?" then you know how agonizing and even debilitating this condition can be. Apart from the pain and discomfort that is felt in the low back, which is sufficiently bad on its own, you're also experiencing some type of symptoms in one or both of your lower extreme areas (any area between the buttocks down to the toes). These symptoms range all the way from pins and needles, numbness to various sensations of pain all experienced in the gluteus muscles, back of the thighs, calf area, ankle, sole of the foot or the toes.
You're likely wondering what can cause the discomfort and what to do about it. The precise cause may be different from case to case but in brief sciatica comes from some type of nerve damage. It could be a direct compression of the nerve (trapped nerve) but quite often it is not compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by an anomaly of the spine.
Most people will hunt down help from their GP and are generally given analgesic treatments and if this doesn't work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best decision is likely to head straight out for your local chiropractor as an alternative. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a selection of illness processes a doctor of chiropractic specializes in sicknesses of the backbone and is thus much more likely to help in finding the quickest way to resolve your sciatica.
There is a growing body of data that chiropractic doctors are highly effective at resolving both acute and prolonged sciatica with some research pointing to 80-90% success rates. As well as this there are no side-effects with chiropractic therapy like there are with drug therapy, steroid injections or surgical interventions. As an example recent info has demonstrated that epidural injections often given to cope with the discomfort of sciatica may improve your chances of spinal fracture through your life.
If you are suffering with sciatica then seek out help as soon as you can, because the earlier you deal with the problem the easier it will be to cure.
You're likely wondering what can cause the discomfort and what to do about it. The precise cause may be different from case to case but in brief sciatica comes from some type of nerve damage. It could be a direct compression of the nerve (trapped nerve) but quite often it is not compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by an anomaly of the spine.
Most people will hunt down help from their GP and are generally given analgesic treatments and if this doesn't work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best decision is likely to head straight out for your local chiropractor as an alternative. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a selection of illness processes a doctor of chiropractic specializes in sicknesses of the backbone and is thus much more likely to help in finding the quickest way to resolve your sciatica.
There is a growing body of data that chiropractic doctors are highly effective at resolving both acute and prolonged sciatica with some research pointing to 80-90% success rates. As well as this there are no side-effects with chiropractic therapy like there are with drug therapy, steroid injections or surgical interventions. As an example recent info has demonstrated that epidural injections often given to cope with the discomfort of sciatica may improve your chances of spinal fracture through your life.
If you are suffering with sciatica then seek out help as soon as you can, because the earlier you deal with the problem the easier it will be to cure.
About the Author:
Peter Olsson qualified as a doctor of chiropractic in 2005 and has gone on to concentrate on the resolution of sciatica. He works with dozens of people suffering with sciatica every week. You'll find many great articles about sciatica on his website.
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